Eric Albarracin

Eric Albarracin
Eric Albarracin (left) in 2007
Personal information
Born1982 (age 41–42)
New York, New York, United States[1]
Weight121 lb (55 kg)
Sport
SportFreestyle wrestling
ClubU.S. Army
Medal record
Representing the  United States
Pan American Championships
Silver medal – second place 1997 San Juan 54 kg
Military World Wrestling Championships
Silver medal – second place 2000 Camp Lejeune 54 kg

Eric Albarracin (born c. 1983),[2] is an American mixed martial arts (MMA) coach and retired wrestler and soldier.

He was a three-time university national champion, a seven-time armed forces champion and a US national team member in both freestyle and Greco Roman wrestling. Internationally, Albarracin won silver medals in the freestyle 54 kg division at the Pan American Championships[1] and at the Military World Wrestling Championships.[3] Currently, he coaches professional mixed martial arts competitors from Brazil,[4] and in this capacity participated in The Ultimate Fighter: Brazil 2, The Ultimate Fighter: Brazil 3, The Ultimate Fighter Brazil 4, The Ultimate Fighter Latin America 2, and the Ultimate Fighter 24. After that, Albarracin coached Olympic champion and former UFC Flyweight and Bantamweight Champion Henry Cejudo.[5] Albarracin was recruited to the first team he coached, Team Nogueira and received the nickname Captain America in Brazil. In addition to Cejudo, Albarracin has also coached Bellator champions Patricio Pitbull and Patricky Pitbull, UFC Flyweight Champion Deiveson Figueiredo, Paulo Costa, and The Korean Zombie . Albarracin has also assisted in the UFC title camps of champions Zhang Weili, Jiří Prochazka and Jon Jones.

Albarracin is a former U.S. Army captain, and was the officer-in-charge of Modern Army Combatives, a hand-to-hand combat system.[6]

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